Attachable Soccer Rebound Net

Abstract

This invention provides a lightweight, portable rebound net from an elastic material that can be attached to an existing regulation-sized soccer goal frame by a single person without the use of a ladder. It has the ability to be tightened quickly to create tension and prevent a ball from slipping under the net with a single mechanism. It provides a rebound net for recreational use with properties like that of a training net available to sports teams. It can be used for soccer or adapted for any other sport for which it would be useful to rebound a ball rather than retrieving it during practice or play. It can be adapted to convert to a catch net without rebound properties in situations for which that would be desirable.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates generally to a practice net to be attached to an existing sports goal for the purpose of rebounding a ball to a player.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Association football, more commonly known outside the United States as football and within the United States as soccer, is a team sport normally played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball. Soccer is the most popular football variant worldwide, and is often considered to be the most popular sport in the world.[0003]As soccer continues to grow in popularity, more community parks are being created with soccer fields. Goal frames sit at these parks and often have either a regular net or no net (to prohibit vandalism) when an organized game is not taking place. Members of the community may use the field for recreation and training their children in the basics of soccer. When small groups of people play recreational soccer, they may choose not to have a goalie...

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Benefits of technology

[0009]The present invention addresses the aforementioned needs in the art, as will now be summarized and further described in detail below. The general purpose of the invention is to provide a rebound net for recreational use with properties like that of a training net available to

Problems solved by technology

Such a net would be impractical for a typical consumer to own for use at a community soccer field.

Although they are supposed to be portable, they are often cumbersome to assemble, and one would not be likely to walk with it to a community park.

These methods generally do not produce enough tension for the assembly to function as a rebound net.

None of the prior art of which the applicant is aware provides a lightweight, portable rebound net from an elastic material that can be attached to an existing regulation-sized soccer goal frame by a single person, without the use of a ladder, and tightened quickly to create tension and prevent a ball from slipping under the net.

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